The 12 Biggest Art Collectors In Tech

Some billionaires choose to spend their money on huge mansions and swanky cars. Others use their disposable income in a less flashy way.

As tech entrepreneurs have seen their companies grow and become financially successful, many have turned to art collection as a pastime and form of self expression.

"An engineer will look at a photograph or video art in a way a banker couldn't — we think in ones and zeros, we think in terms of screens," tech entrepreneur and collector Trevor Traina said to the Wall Street Journal last year.

We've come up with a list of the biggest art aficionados in the tech world. These executives all have their own unique sensibilities — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, for example, owns a huge collection of Japanese art, while Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer prefers quirky pop art like Jeff Koons' balloon dogs.